Kim Ah Ram, Kim Jae Won, Kim Na Young, Kang Dong Woo
Department of Exercise and Medical Science, Graduate School, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
Digital Nutrition Corp., Cheongju, Korea.
Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. 2025 May 31;23(2):286-299. doi: 10.9758/cpn.24.1247. Epub 2025 Jan 22.
Despite the prevalence of music listening among individuals performing tasks that require sustained attention, the impact of various components of rhythmic auditory stimulation on concentration remains inconclusive. The aim of this pilot study was to determine the efficacy of a novel specific rhythmic auditory stimulation (SAS) on attentional performance, including vigilance, orientation, and executive control, in healthy adults in comparison with other auditory stimulation and silence conditions.
This block-randomized study included 27 male and 27 female participants with a mean age of 31.52 years. Participants underwent the Attention Network Test (ANT) and the Frankfurt Attention Inventory (FAIR) under three auditory stimulation conditions: SAS, traditional rhythmic auditory stimulation (TAS), and a control condition of silence (CON). To assess potential sex differences in attentional abilities in response to auditory stimuli, nine participants were grouped into each sex-specific condition. All data collected were subjected to statistical analysis.
The results showed that SAS resulted in significantly different mean reaction times, alerting and orienting effects on the ANT and P scores, and the percentage of Q and C scores on the FAIR test compared to TAS and CON ( < 0.05). However, no differences were found between males and females for any of the variables of the ANT and FAIR test under the same auditory stimulus conditions.
It is suggested that the new auditory stimuli used in this study may be more effective in improving attention than TAS or CON in healthy adults, irrespective of sex.
尽管在执行需要持续注意力的任务的个体中，听音乐的现象很普遍，但节奏性听觉刺激的各个组成部分对注意力的影响仍无定论。这项初步研究的目的是确定一种新型的特定节奏性听觉刺激（SAS）与其他听觉刺激和安静条件相比，对健康成年人注意力表现（包括警觉性、定向和执行控制）的效果。
这项区组随机研究包括27名男性和27名女性参与者，平均年龄为31.52岁。参与者在三种听觉刺激条件下接受注意力网络测试（ANT）和法兰克福注意力量表（FAIR）：SAS、传统节奏性听觉刺激（TAS）和安静对照条件（CON）。为了评估对听觉刺激的注意力能力方面潜在的性别差异，每种性别特定条件下分为9名参与者。对收集的所有数据进行统计分析。
结果显示，与TAS和CON相比，SAS在ANT测试中的平均反应时间、警觉和定向效应以及P分数，以及FAIR测试中Q和C分数的百分比方面存在显著差异（<0.05）。然而，在相同的听觉刺激条件下，ANT和FAIR测试中任何变量在男性和女性之间均未发现差异。
建议本研究中使用的新听觉刺激在改善健康成年人的注意力方面可能比TAS或CON更有效，且与性别无关。
